Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:51 amPosts: 6561Location: United States of New England

getting pictures of dogs together is so hard nevermind adding cute hats.i didnt bother with a Xmas photo with all the pets this year because it is such a hassle. our dogs will literally NOT sit nicely next to each other!

Not the best picture, but I post this for the story. We are in a Starbucks. Orion is lying down, relaxed, less than 2 meters away from 2 big, also very relaxed Labradors. Everyone is off leash. I am amazed and proud at how far my puppy has come since his terror-filled adoption days. Some of you probably remember how poorly socialized Orion was when we got him 2.5 years ago, and how he was scared of absolutely everything and everyone. As I write this, he's letting a stranger scratch him gently behind the ears. No cowering, no running away. He's even tolerating the few babies and strollers in the shop!

The cockatiel isn't snuggly though. She hangs around looking sad, like she wants snuggles, or a head scratch, or something, but if you so much as look at her, she flies off. When she does want ER itchy head scratched, she will position erself so you have to contort yourself to reach her. If you attempt to move her or yourself, she flies off and looks hurt that nobody loves her.

She has the sweetest, gentlest personality though. Very good at making her needs and wants known!

I wish she and Molly got along, but Molly is too outgoing and aggressive.

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